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Tropical diseases in Latin America

Statistics report on tropical diseases in Latin America

This report provides key information on tropical diseases in Latin America. It presents an overview on health care, and risk factors affecting these kind of diseases in the region. Additionally, the report provides relevant statistics on chikungunya, dengue, malaria, and the Zika virus in Latin America. Information regarding neglected tropical diseases is provided in the last chapter.

Table of contents

Health care overview

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  • Premium Statistic Health spending in Latin America as share of GDP 2022, by country
  • Premium Statistic Per capita health expenditure in Latin America 2024, by country & type
  • Premium Statistic Out-of-pocket share of health spending in Latin America 2023, by country
  • Premium Statistic Health care quality in selected Latin American countries 2025
  • Premium Statistic Availability of health care information in Latin America 2025

Risk factors

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  • Premium Statistic Flooding risk index in Latin America & the Caribbean 2025, by country
  • Premium Statistic Epidemic risk index in Latin America & the Caribbean 2025, by country
  • Premium Statistic Vector-borne disease risk index in Latin America & the Caribbean 2025, by country
  • Basic Statistic People living in poverty and extreme poverty in Latin America 1990-2025
  • Premium Statistic Latin America: food insecurity prevalence 2014-2024, by severity

Chikungunya

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  • Premium Statistic Chikungunya cases in Latin America 2015-2024
  • Premium Statistic Chikungunya cases in Latin America 2024, by country
  • Premium Statistic Chikungunya cases in Brazil 2015-2024
  • Premium Statistic Chikungunya cases in Paraguay 2014-2024
  • Premium Statistic Chikungunya cases in Guatemala 2014-2024

Dengue

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  • Basic Statistic Dengue cases in Latin America & the Caribbean 2016-2025
  • Basic Statistic Dengue cases in Latin America & the Caribbean 2025, by country
  • Premium Statistic Dengue cases in Brazil 2015-2025
  • Premium Statistic Dengue cases in Nicaragua 2015-2025
  • Premium Statistic Dengue cases in Peru 2014-2025

Malaria

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  • Premium Statistic Countries with most malaria cases in Latin America 2023
  • Premium Statistic Share of malaria cases in Latin America 2023, by country
  • Premium Statistic Malaria cases in Venezuela 2010-2023
  • Premium Statistic Malaria cases in Brazil 2010-2023
  • Premium Statistic Malaria cases in Colombia 2010-2023

Zika

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  • Premium Statistic Zika virus cases in Latin America 2015-2024
  • Premium Statistic Zika virus cases in Latin America 2024, by country
  • Premium Statistic Zika virus cases in Brazil 2015-2024
  • Premium Statistic Zika virus cases in Guatemala 2015-2024
  • Premium Statistic Zika virus infections in Paraguay 2015-2024

Neglected tropical diseases

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  • Basic Statistic Prevalence of 15 neglected tropical diseases worldwide from 1990 to 2023
  • Premium Statistic Prevalence of 15 neglected tropical diseases worldwide in 2023, by region
  • Basic Statistic Population needing intervention against NTDs worldwide 2010-2022, by WHO region
  • Basic Statistic People requiring intervention against NTDs Latin America 2023, by country
  • Premium Statistic Countries eliminating NTDs in Latin America 2025, by number of diseases
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